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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 8, 083201(2025)

Polarization variation of N₂⁺ lasing

Yihong Huang¹, Guihua Li^1、*, Runbin Chen¹, Shuting Wu¹, Ruixin Che², and Hongqiang Xie^2、**

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¹School of Science, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China

²School of Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China

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Paper Information

Category: Ultrafast Optics and Attosecond/High-field Physics

Received: Nov. 24, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 23, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 1, 2025

The Author Email: Guihua Li (qingshafeihua@163.com), Hongqiang Xie (xhq3126336@sina.com)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.083201

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.083201

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